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The grant shapps (Government minister) Tesla thread

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Just in case nobody else knew... Our transport minister is a tesla enthusiast now!

Britons to be ‘nudged’ towards electric cars

This week Shapps will practise what he preaches when he takes delivery of a battery-powered Tesla, paid for with £44,000 of his own money (plus a £3,500 government grant). It is equipped with “full self-driving capability”, a £5,800 option that allows the car to drive autonomously. He ordered it two years ago, long before he knew he would be the minister in charge of transport.

Even the transport minister of Norway, which leads the world in electric cars per head, has a diesel SUV at home.

Shapps said his decision to buy a Tesla had been influenced by the knowledge that there were chargers at South Mimms services on the A1/M25 junction, a few miles from home. He had been surprised to learn there were as many as 20,000 public chargers in Britain, and said many people, like him, were unaware of them.

Electric cars to enter next gear as government doubles funding for charging points on residential streets

Maybe a few emails from members of the public expressing support for his EV stance would be worth doing?
his details:
Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) | Twitter
 
Just tried to send a message to Grant on his website

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Will try later.
 
Maybe Michael Green convinced him to get one :D

I'd imagine Michael Green has one exactly the same even down to the VIN and reg number. I wonder how many driver profiles the car has?

Must check the edit history on Grant Scraps Wikipedia entry to see if any editing has been done from House of Commons or by Grant or Michael.

Then check way back machine for the page to see what has been edited out.

Or some of the promotional pages for software / books etc Mr Green was selling.